Russia�s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei�Ryabkov�has rejected calls for the inclusion of irrelevant subjects in the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, saying any proposal similar to �JCPOA+� � put forward by Germany � is �wrong.�

In a post on its Twitter account on Monday, the Russian Mission in Vienna quoted Ryabkov as saying that Moscow was opposed to expanding�the Comprehensive Joint Action Plan (JCPAO).
�Russian DFM S.#Ryabkov: Gradual steps & reciprocity, proposed by Russian FM #Lavrov back in the days, were key principles of #JCPOA elaboration. Adding smth extra to the existing #NuclearDeal now will make things worse. So we think putting fwd ideas like �JCPOA+� is wrong & inconvenient,� the tweet read.
He was referring to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov�s interview with Iranian news agencies earlier this month, in which he emphasized that the JCPOA should be neither reviewed nor renegotiated.
�There is a consensus that the present situation in the JCPOA is due to the US unilateral withdrawal from the deal and imposition of the sanctions,� Lavrov said. �Russia believes that the US stance on the JCPOA is unconstructive.�
Ryabkov further said there are initiatives already put forward by Moscow, Beijing and Tehran to resolve issues unrelated to the Iran deal.
�Russian DFM S.#Ryabkov: There are separate formats for #JCPOA-unrelated issues: security concept for the Persian Gulf by #Russia; multilateral dialogue platform by #China; HOPE Initiative by #Iran; dialogue btw @eu_eeas, Iran & others. But the key task � to restore JCPOA as it is,� the tweet read.
Echoing the US, the European signatories to the JCPOA � France, Germany and the UK � have been calling for an expanded nuclear deal with Iran that would also cover the country�s national missile program and its regional role.

Earlier this month, Germany�s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas spoke of what he called�a �nuclear deal plus� with Iran.

The nuclear deal was signed in 2015 between Iran, Germany�and five permanent members of the UN Security Council�and was later ratified in the form of UNSC Resolution 2231.

However, in May 2018,�President Donald Trump terminated the US participation in�the JCPOA and re-imposed the anti-Iran sanctions lifted by the deal.

A year later, Iran moved to scale back its JCPOA commitments as per its rights enshrined in the deal, only after�the remaining European signatories�kept dragging their feet on the tasks undertaken as part of the accord.

Iran has expressed its readiness to reverse�the�suspension�of its obligations only if the US returns to the accord and lifts all sanctions without any preconditions or if the European co-signatories manage to protect business ties with Iran against Washington�s sanctions as part of their contractual obligations.